Saved By The Sheriff
He’ll protect her, but will he win her heart?Lucy Mulligan was wrongly imprisoned for murder, but now she has been exonerated and the man who put her behind bars, Travis Walker, needs to catch the real killer. Time is running out but the investigation ignites sparks of attraction neither expected…
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Heâll protect her back.
But will he win her heart?
Sheriff Travis Walker doesnât blame Lacy Milligan for hating himâhe jailed her for murder. But now heâs exonerated her, and the handsome lawman needs her to find the real killer. Will she overcome her hatred to help? As she relents, violence explodesâsomeone wants her dead. With time running out, their investigation deepens...and ignites sparks of attraction neither ever expected.
Eagle Mountain Murder Mystery
CINDI MYERS is the author of more than fifty novels. When sheâs not crafting new romance plots, she enjoys skiing, gardening, cooking, crafting and daydreaming.
A lover of small-town life, she lives with her husband and two spoiled dogs in the Colorado mountains.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07907-5
SAVED BY THE SHERIFF
© 2018 Cynthia Myers
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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For Lucy
Contents
Lacy Milligan flinched as the heavy steel door clanged shut behind her. After almost three years, that sound still sent a chill through her. She reminded herself she wouldnât ever have to hear that sound again after today. Today she was a free woman.
She followed the guard down the gleaming tiled hallway, the smell of disinfectant stinging her nose. At the door to a reception room at the front of the building she stopped and waited while a second guard unlocked and opened the door. Her lawyer, Anisha Cook, stood on the other side, beaming. She pulled Lacy to her in a hug and Lacy stiffened. That was something else she would have to get used toâbeing touched. Touching wasnât allowed in prisonâeven something as simple as a hug could lead to extra searches, even punishment. But those rules didnât apply to her anymore, she reminded herself, and awkwardly returned the other womanâs embrace. Anisha, still smiling, released her, and Lacy noticed there were other people in the roomâthe warden, reporters, her parents.
âLacy, what are your feelings, now that your conviction has been overturned?â A sandy-haired man shoved a microphone at her.
âIâm happy, of course,â she said. âReady to go home.â
âDo you have anything to say to Rayford County Sheriff Travis Walker?â another reporter asked.
So Travis was the sheriff now. Putting a murderer behind bars had probably earned him points with the right people in town. Except he had arrested the wrong person. âI donât have anything to say to him,â she said.
âEven though heâs the one who came forward with the evidence that cleared your name?â the reporter asked.
Travis had done that? She shot a look at Anisha, who nodded. Lacy would have to get the whole story from her later. âThat doesnât make up for the three years I spent behind bars for a crime I didnât commit,â Lacy said. Three years of her life she would never get back.
